“Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.”
AUTHOR: Stephen Sondheim
“No art is created perfectly the first time.”
COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
I. Christmas Night
II. Ballet of the Stars
III. Witches' Sabbath and Ride on the Devil's Back
IV. Polonaise
V. Vakula and the Slippers
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| Sergey Alexandrovich Alimov: The Witch Solokha Stage Design for Gogol’s play Christmas Eve, 2004 |
Although made into a suite, "Christmas Eve"
("Noch' pered Rozhdestvom), was originally
an opera Rimsky-Korsakov composed in 4 acts
with a libretto written by himself in 1894-1895 and
based on a short story of the same title,
Night Before Christmas Story
(Christmas Eve)
By Nicolay Gogol
Music by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(English Subtitles)
by Nikolai Gogol's
"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka."
The same story also formed the basis of
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| Nikolay Gogol |
"Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka."
The same story also formed the basis of
Tchaikovsky's operas "Vakula the Smith" and
"Cherevichki."
"Cherevichki."